AVCHD – the new format for Sony and Panasonic HD digital camcorders

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Just when you’re trying to get your head round the merits of the existing HD formats, Sony and Panasonic conjure up another.

Over at HDTV UK, a brief explanation of this new format, known as AVCHD, is being offered. If I were to summarise if further, I’d say the discs used are like conventional CDs (as opposed to the more common cassette-based MiniDV system) and you get just 20 minutes of video per single sided disc.